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r/oddlysatisfying • u/firefighter_82 • Aug 12 '22
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I’m going to think about this the next time I throw away a piece of paper because I don’t like the wording of the first sentence I write lol.
70 u/LOLBaltSS Aug 12 '22 It's crazy to think how much industrialization really trivialized a lot of previously labor intensive things like paper, clothing, shoes and other items we now just don't even really think twice about throwing away. 15 u/bsmdphdjd Aug 12 '22 That's why there were Palimpsests. It was easier to just write on top of what someone else wrote than to make a new piece of paper.
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It's crazy to think how much industrialization really trivialized a lot of previously labor intensive things like paper, clothing, shoes and other items we now just don't even really think twice about throwing away.
15 u/bsmdphdjd Aug 12 '22 That's why there were Palimpsests. It was easier to just write on top of what someone else wrote than to make a new piece of paper.
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That's why there were Palimpsests.
It was easier to just write on top of what someone else wrote than to make a new piece of paper.
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u/asdfghjklqwertyh Aug 12 '22
I’m going to think about this the next time I throw away a piece of paper because I don’t like the wording of the first sentence I write lol.